Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

मधुत्यागे घृतं दद्यात्पायसं च सशर्करम् । अभ्यंगेऽभ्यवहारे च तैलमूर्जे विवर्जयेत्

Transliteration

madhutyāge ghṛtaṃ dadyātpāyasaṃ ca saśarkaram | abhyaṃge'bhyavahāre ca tailamūrje vivarjayet

Translation

شہد چھوڑنے پر گھی اور شکر کے ساتھ کھیر (پایس) کا دان کرے۔ اُورجا (کارتک) میں بدن پر تیل ملنے اور کھانے میں تیل—دونوں سے پرہیز کرے۔

Word by Word

• मधुत्यागे: in (the rule of) giving up honey
• मधुत्यागे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु + त्याग (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (honey-abstention)

• घृतम्: ghee
• घृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पायसम्: rice-pudding
• पायसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• सशर्करम्: with sugar
• सशर्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-शर्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सहार्थक-समास/कर्मधारय (with sugar)

• अभ्यङ्गे: in oil-massage
• अभ्यङ्गे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्यङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अभ्यवहारे: in eating/consumption
• अभ्यवहारे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्यवहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• तैलम्: oil
• तैलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ऊर्जे: in Ūrjā (vow/month)
• ऊर्जे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज्/ऊर्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• विवर्जयेत्: should avoid
• विवर्जयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√वृज्/वर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ūrja/Kārtika-vrata (Kāśī context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kārtika votary refrains from oil massage and oily foods; instead, he offers ghee and sweet rice pudding with sugar to a recipient near a shrine, with lamps flickering in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Ūrja
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Renunciation paired with generosity refines the vow; Kārtika disciplines emphasize purity of body and diet to elevate devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s Kārtika-vrata teaching; it primarily glorifies the Ūrja observance rather than naming a tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On giving up honey, donate ghee and sweet pāyasa with sugar; avoid oil for both body anointing and consumption during Ūrja/Kārtika.